Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council member Margaret Chin unveiled proposed legislation today that would require more transparency for changes in deed restrictions.
The bill, introduced at this afternoon's Council session, is a direct response to the Rivington...
The Department of Buildings imposed a stop work order on the former Rivington House facility April 5, and the controversial site has been mostly quiet since that time. But local residents this morning have spotted workers in and around...
Can the city's decision to lift deed restrictions on the former Rivington House nursing facility be reversed? That was the question asked of Mayor de Blasio this morning during an interview on Brian Lehrer's WNYC program.
His administration faces at least three investigations -- after city officials lifted deed restrictions at Rivington House, allowing the former nursing home to fall into the hands of luxury condo developers.
We've been taking a closer look at yesterday's story in the Wall Street Journal concerning the Rivington House investigation.
According to the article, at least one high-ranking official in the de Blasio administration knew in December of 2014 about efforts...
The Wall Street Journal reports that a senior official in the de Blasio administration met with an executive of the Allure Group in December of 2014 about lifting deed restrictions at Rivington House.
Community Board 3 tomorrow night is likely to take a stronger position than that of local elected officials in calling for the return of Rivington House to the Lower East Side as a health care facility.
According to a report over the weekend in the New York Post, high-ranking officials in the de Blasio administration were "frantically" trying to reinstate the Rivington House deed restriction in late February.
